The Gold-Bug
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The story, set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, is often compared with Poe's "tales of ratiocination" as an early form of detective fiction. Poe became aware of the public's interest in secret writing in 1840 and asked readers to challenge his skills as a code-breaker. He took advantage of the popularity of cryptography as he was writing "The Gold-Bug", and the success of the story centers on one such cryptogram. Modern critics have judged the characterization of Legrand's servant Jupiter as racist, especially because of his dialect speech.
Poe submitted "The Gold-Bug" as an entry to a writing contest sponsored by the ''Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper''. His story won the grand prize and was published in three installments, beginning in June 1843. The prize also included $100, probably the largest single sum that Poe received for any of his works. An instant success, "The Gold-Bug" was the most popular and widely read of Poe's prose works during his lifetime. It also helped popularize cryptograms and secret writing. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Aurore Finco, Angela Haykal, Rana Tanos, Florentin Fabre, Saddem Chouaieb, Waseem Akhtar, Isabelle Robert-Philip, William Legrand, Fernando Ajejas, Karim Bouzehouane, Nicolas Reyren, Thibaut Devolder, Jean-Paul Adam, Joo-Von Kim, Vincent Cros, Vincent JacquesGet full text
Published 2021-02-01
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